Still Water(sculpture)

Still Water
Still Water
	The sculpture at Marble Arch in 2011
Artist	Nic Fiddian-Green
Year	2011
Type	Sculpture
Medium	Bronze
Subject	Horse
Dimensions	10 m (33 ft)
Location	Achilles Way,London,England
	51°30′46″N0°09′35″W/ 51.51286°N 0.15961°W

Still Wateris a large public sculpture in bronze of a horse's head byNic Fiddian-Green,dating to 2011. It is located at Achilles Way, nearHyde Park Cornerin centralLondon,and was initially installed atMarble Arch.The work remains owned by the artist, and is on loan toWestminster City Council.

As inspiration for the work, the Marble Arch Partnership explains that the artist's "passion for the equine head began in 1983 as a student atChelsea College of Artswhen he was sent on a visit to theBritish Museumto seek inspiration. He encountered theElgin Marblesand was struck by the horse of Selene, a remarkably well preserved fifth-century BC carving, which would become the foundational inspiration throughout his career ".

Fiddian-Green later reflected that "capturing the skill, vitality, balance and beauty, so evident in these Greek carvings is my continued aim". The artist works in clay, plaster, beaten lead and marble, and oversees the casting of the sculpture into bronze himself.

The 33 feet (10 m) piece was commissioned to replace an earlier and similar, but slightly smaller, work,Horse at Water XV,which was temporarily installed on the site in 2001. That earlier work was moved toDaylesford,Gloucestershire, the home ofSir AnthonyandLady CaroleBamford, who had commissioned it.^[1]^[2]

In 2012, Fiddian-Green cleaned the sculpture himself, using acherry picker.^[3]

In May 2021 the work was moved to its current location on Achilles Way.

Similar sculptures

In 2020,Syriainstalled a similar sculpture inRawda Square,Damascus.^[4]

A small copy of the sculpture stands in the centre of the village ofAt-BashyinKyrgyzstanas the village's name is literally translated as "horse's head" in one of the versions.^{[citation needed]}